The bulletins are probably all on their way to being printed/copied, your plans are likely pretty much set, so here’s a quick reminder of the Holy Week open threads–some interesting discussion on a few, but there’s plenty of room for lots more. What are you excited about? Anxious about?
Palm/Passion Sunday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Vigil
Blessings on [...]
Tagged openthreadsHere’s a couple more images from Miranda. The one on the left goes fairly obviously with the Liturgy of the Palms. The one to the right was designed for a particular Good Friday service at a church she works with. The combination of bread, wine, and a crown of thorns makes it [...]
Tagged art, eucharist, good friday, hosanna, hosannah, images, maundy, palm sunday, palms(If you haven’t read it before, you might want to start by reading my previous post on a Good Friday Wake, to get an idea of what I’m talking about in this post.)
All liturgy is local. It happens in a particular place, a particular context, and with a particular set of people. It [...]
I have hopes that my wife, Miranda, will start co-blogging here sometime in the relatively near future. In the meantime, we’re going to start making digital versions of some of her liturgical artwork available here. Here’s what she says about the image above:
Resurrection, Miranda Hassett, 2006
This image is my interpretation of the traditional [...]
I’m not yet adjusted to the new Daylight Saving Time schedule, so i was a little surprised to find that it starts up again this weekend. I still feel like it should be in April. Easter is in March this year as well, confusing my sense of time and season even further.
Fortunately, the Liturgy [...]
My friend Gabe, a seminarian over at General Theological Seminary, recently put up a great post over at his blog, Ultimate Concern, reflecting on his experience imposing ashes on Ash Wednesday at St. Paul’s Chapel, near the World Trade Center site in New York City. Here’s a taste:
As the hour passed, I became more and [...]
I expect most people who are actively interested and involved in liturgy are up to their necks (or higher!) in planning for the annual liturgy team endurance event commonly known as Holy Week, where most Episcopal churches pack 4 or more completely different liturgies into a single week.
So here you go, some nice fresh open [...]
Here’s an open thread to discuss any and all thing related to planning for Easter Vigil this year.
Tagged Easter, holyweek, openthreads, vigilI’m thinking this week about the one Holy Week liturgy I’m involved in planning this year, a Good Friday wake. The basic concept is a wake for Jesus–to provide a space and a time to sit with friends and grieve his death, and to remember the things he did in his life with us [...]
Tagged contemplative, funeral, good friday, holyweek, icon, mourning, vigil, wake